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RE: ^No opinion?

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Posted by: ErichRhom at Mon Apr 23 20:54:14 2012  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ErichRhom ]  
   

Actually the stuff I want to use is a ribbed vinyl mat runner they sell by the linear foot a Lowes.



>>Not a rubber mat, those things smell..
>>
>>There are alternatives. Do you heat from above or below? Makes a difference.
>>
>>Heat from above:
>>Reptile carpet (or outdoor carpet make from recycled polyethylene bottles)
>>Polypropylene sign material (corrugated plastic "cardboard" material)
>>Sheet vinyl
>>Sintra (closed cell PVC, can find online. The 3mm thickness can be cut to size with a straight-edge and a ultiliy knife)
>>FRP
>>I forgot, but it comes in a 4ftx8ft, white flexible plastic near the FRP stuff
>>
>>Heat from below:
>>Reptile carpet
>>Sintra
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0.1.1. Black Rat Snakes
0.0.1. Yellow Rat Snake
0.0.1. Pueblan Milk Snake
0.0.1. African House Snake
0.0.1. Eastern Mud Turtle
0.1.0. Red-Eared Slider
2.0.0. Eastern Painted Turtle
1.2.0. Green Anole
1.0.0. Ferret
0.1.0. Cat
1.1.0. Beagle
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